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May 19, 2007

Box Score

WATERLOO, Iowa- Seniors Curt Bradley, Boone Bugger, Nick Cameron, Eric Hoffmann and Tim Smid were honored before the opening pitch, and each played a pivotal role in the University of Northern Iowa baseball team's 14-5 drubbing of Bradley, Saturday. The Panther bats scored 14 runs on 15 hits and the arms, led by a stellar outing from Guido Fonseca held the Braves to just one hit during his six innings in the win.

The four senior batters combined to go 8-17 on the day, including a perfect 3-3 day from Bugger (Bozemon, Mont./Bozemon), a 2-4 afternoon by Bradley (Colombia, Mo./Rock Bridge) and a 2-5 day from Cameron (West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley).

Fonseca (West Covina, Calif.) tossed five brilliant innings and earned his team-best fifth win of the season. Smid (Remsen, Iowa/St. Mary's) and Taylor Sinclair (Indianola, Iowa/Indianola) pitched the seventh inning and allowed five runs to cross the plate. Sinclair remained on the mound for the rest of the game and rode out the 14-5 Panther victory.

The Panthers scored all of their 14 runs in the second, third and fourth innings, including a seven-run third frame.

Bugger roped an RBI double to left to kick off a four-run second inning for UNI. Bugger's hit scored Jordan Kraayenbrink (Decorah, Iowa/Decorah) from third and put runners at second and third for Deric Manrique (Sioux City, Iowa./North). One swing of Manrique's bat sent the ball over the centerfield fence, scored Bugger and Travis Hendrix (Sonora, Calif./Sonora) and gave Fonseca and UNI a 4-0 lead through two.

In the third, Kraayenbrink slapped an opposite field single to score Brandon Douglas (St. Charles, Iowa/I-35), move Cameron to third base and knock Bradley starter Jon Goebel out of the game. Kraayenbrink fell into a rundown between first and second, allowing Cameron to steal home for UNI's sixth run. Kraayebrink returned to first safely and scored when Jeremy Weih clubbed his third home run of the season over the left field wall. The home run cleared the bases and gave UNI an 8-0 lead with one out in the third inning.

A walk, a single and an HBP loaded the bases for Hoffmann (Erskine, Minn./Win-E-Mac) who drove in Bugger and Bradley with a bloop single to left field. Douglas followed with a line drive to left, scoring Manrique from second and extending the Panther advantage to 11-0.

The Panthers netted three more runs in the fourth, one on an RBI double by Bradley to score Bugger, and two more on Manrique's second homer of the . Three runs in the fourth and a scoreless fifth gave UNI a 14-0 lead through five innings.

Smid and Sinclair entered in the seventh and allowed the Braves to climb to within nine runs, forcing the continuation of the game. Sinclair finished out the game and the Panthers won 14-5.

The win gave UNI a 2-1 series win over Bradley, who will compete in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament next week. The Panthers finish the season with a 23-28 overall record and an 8-16 Valley mark. Bradley falls to 30-19 overall, 13-11 in the MVC.